europa stamps

Albania 2009

noreply@blogger.com (euroswiss) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:36:00 +0000

Albania

Date of Issue: 11th December 2009

two stamps (200.- & 250.- ALL) and one souvenir-sheet (350.- ALL)

both stamps are issued in mini-sheets of 10 stamps

both stamps and the souvenir sheet are also issued in a booklet (6'000 ex only !)

Europa stamps 2009

noreply@blogger.com (euroswiss) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Europe

Europa 2009
"Astronomy"

19.01.2009 Greenland - 2 stamps (6.25 & 8.- DKK)
29.01.2009 Sweden - 2 stamps (2x 12.- SEK) issued in a booklet of 4
10.02.2009 Jersey - 2 stamps (0.39 & 0.43 GBP) out of a set of 4 stamps
02.03.2009 Liechtenstein - 1 stamps (1.30 CHF)
25.03.2009 Denmark - 2 stamps (5.50 & 8.- DKK)
02.04.2009 Latvia - 2 stamps (0.50 & 0.55 LVL)
03.04.2009 Kazakhstan - 2 stamps (2x 230.- KZT)
05.04.2009 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croat post) - 2 stamps (2x 3.- BAM)
06.04.2009 Belgium - 1 souvenir-sheet (0.90 €)
07.04.2009 the Netherlands - 2 stamps (2x 0.77 €)
12.04.2009 Isle of Man - 2 stamps (0.33 & 0.56 GBP) out of a set of 6 stamps
13.04.2009 Azerbaijan - 2 stamps (0.20 & 0.60 AZM) and 1 souvenir-sheet (1.- AZM)
15.04.2009 Belarus - 2 stamps (2x 1000.- BYR)
16.04.2009 Montenegro - 2 stamps (0.60 & 0.90 €) + 1 souvenir-sheet (0.60 & 0.90 €)
17.04.2009 Ukraine - 2 stamps (3.75 & 5.25 UAH)
23.04.2009 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serb post) - 2 stamps (1.- & 2.- BAM)
23.04.2009 Andorra (Spanish post) - 1 stamp (0.62 €)
23.04.2009 Spain - 1 stamp (0.62 €)
25.04.2009 Lithuania - 2 stamps (2x 2.45 LTL)
28.04.2009 Bulgaria - 2 stamps (0.60 & 1.50 BGL)
04.05.2009 France - 1 souvenir-sheet (2x 0.70 €)
04.05.2009 Cyprus - 2 stamps (0.51 & 0.68 €)
04.05.2009 Monaco - 2 stamps (0.56 & 0.70 €)
04.05.2009 Andorra (French post) - 1 stamp (0.56 €)
05.05.2009 Cyprus (Turkish post) - 2 stamps (2x 0.80 YTL)
05.05.2009 Russia - 1 stamp (9.- RUB)
05.05.2009 Poland - 1 stamp (3.- PLN)
05.05.2009 Estonia - 2 stamps (2x 9.- EEK)
05.05.2009 Serbia - 2 stamps (46.- & 50.- RSD)
06.05.2009 Czech Rep. - 1 stamp (17.- CZK)
06.05.2009 Finland - 2 stamps (2x 0.80 €)
06.05.2009 Macedonia - 2 stamps (50.- & 100.- MKD) + 1 souvenir-sheet (150 MKD)
06.05.2009 Romania - 2 stamps (2.40 & 9.10 RON)
07.05.2009 Germany - 1 stamp (0.55 €)
07.05.2009 Moldova - 2 stamps (4.20 & 4.50 MDL)
07.05.2009 Italy - 2 stamps (0.60 & 0.65 €)
07.05.2009 Iceland - 2 stamps (105.- & 140.- ISK)
08.05.2009 San Marino - 2 stamps (0.60 & 0.65 €)
08.05.2009 Portugal - 1 stamp (0.68 €) + 1 souvenir sheet (2x 0.68 €)
08.05.2009 Azores - 1 stamp (0.68 €) + 1 souvenir sheet (2x 0.68 €)
08.05.2009 Madeira - 1 stamp (0.68 €) + 1 souvenir sheet (2x 0.68 €)
08.05.2009 Switzerland - 1 stamp (1.- CHF)
08.05.2009 Åland - 1 stamp (Europa value) 200'000
08.05.2009 Hungary - 1 souvenir-sheet (100.- & 230.- HUF)
08.05.2009 Kosovo - 2 stamps (1.- & 2.- €) + 1 souvenir sheet (2.- €)
09.05.2009 Croatia - 2 stamps (2x 8.- HRK)
09.05.2009 Malta - 2 stamps (0.37 & 1.19 €)
11.05.2009 Greece - 2 stamps (0.70 & 3.20 €)
12.05.2009 Luxembourg - 2 stamps (0.50 & 0.70 €)
15.05.2009 Ireland - 2 stamps (0.55 & 0.82 €)
20.05.2009 Vatican - 2 stamps (0.60 & 0.65 €)
25.05.2009 Faroe Is. - 2 stamps (10.- & 12.- DKK)
28.05.2009 Slovakia - 1 stamp (0.90 €)
28.05.2009 Guernsey - 2 stamps (0.43 & 0.51 GBP) out of a set of 6 stamps
29.05.2009 Slovenia - 2 stamps (0.45 & 0.92 €)
01.06.2009 Gibraltar - 4 stamps (0.10, 0.42, 0.44, 1.50 GBP)
05.06.2009 Austria - 1 stamp (0.65 €)
12.06.2009 Norway - 1 souvenir-sheet (10.- & 12.- NOK)
16.06.2009 Turkey - 2 stamps (0.80 & 1.- YTL)
01.07.2009 Armenia - 1 stamp (350.- AMD)
10.09.2009 Bosnia and Herzegovina - 2 stamps (2.- & 3.- BAM)
14.09.2009 Armenian post of Nagorno-Karabakh - 3 stamps (120.-, 350.- & 650.- AMD)
08.10.2009 Great-Britain - 1 stamp (1st class value = 0.39 GBP)
11.12.2009 Albania - 2 stamps (200.- & 250.- ALL) & 1 souvenir-sheet (350.- ALL) NEW

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??.12.2009 Georgia

1966

noreply@blogger.com (euroswiss) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:36:00 +0000

Europe

Issue n° 11 - 1966

"Symbolic Ship"

Number of countries : 19
Debuting countries : Andorra (French post)
Returning countries : none
Withdrawing countries : Finland
Common design : a ship made of th letters CEPT symbolizing a steady progress on a calm sea.
Countries using their own design : San Marino (Our Lady of Europe) - Spain (Abduction of Europe by Zeus)
Designer : Gregor and Josef Bender (Germany)

Note : Spain used the CEPT logo - Most stamps issued in September

more here in the Europa stamps History - Part II

1965

noreply@blogger.com (euroswiss) — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:33:00 +0000

Europe

Issue n° 10 - 1965

"Tree spring"

Number of countries : 19
Debuting countries : none
Returning countries : Finland
Withdrawing countries : Austria
Common design : a tree spring of 3 leaves said to represent posts, telegraphs and telephones and a fruit made of the letters CEPT.
Countries using their own design : Liechtenstein (Teutonic beltbuckle) - San Marino (Chess board) - Spain (Saint Benedict patron of Europe)
Designer : Hördur Karlsson (Iceland)

Note : Spain used the CEPT logo - Most stamps issued in September

more here in the Europa stamps History - Part II

1963

noreply@blogger.com (euroswiss) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:30:00 +0000

Europe

Issue n° 8 - 1963

"United Europe"

Number of countries : 19
Debuting countries : none
Returning countries : Finland
Withdrawing countries : none
Common design : stylized cross composed of 4 three-sided U's with the letters CEPT inside.
Countries using their own design : Liechtenstein (Antique columns) - Monaco (Girl with dove in her hands) - Portugal (Dove made of pieces of a puzzel) - San Marino (Flying San Marino's flag with letter E tower) - Spain (Our Lady of Europe)
Designer : Arne Holm (Norway)

Note : Spain and Portugal used the CEPT logo - Most stamps issued in September

more here in the Europa stamps History - Part II

1964

noreply@blogger.com (euroswiss) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:12:00 +0000

Europe

Issue n° 9 - 1964

"5th anniversary of the CEPT"

Number of countries : 19
Debuting countries : none
Returning countries : Austria
Withdrawing countries : Finland
Common design : a flower with 22 petals, 1 for each 1964 member of CEPT. The CEPT logo is in the center of the flower.
Countries using their own design : Liechtenstein (Castle with 6 towers) - San Marino (Globe with letter E)
Designer : Georges Bétemps (France)

Note : Most stamps issued on the 12th and 14th September

more here in the Europa stamps History - Part II

Europa stamps themes 2010-2012

noreply@blogger.com (euroswiss) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:21:00 +0000

Europe

Common themes for the coming years

2010: Children Books
2011: Forests - International year of forests
2012: Visit... (for instance "Visit Finland" or "Visit Spain" etc.)

Denmark 2010

noreply@blogger.com (euroswiss) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:07:00 +0000

Denmark

Date of issue: 1st June 2010

two stamps (5.50 & 8.50 DKK)

the 5.50 DKK stamp is also issued in a booklet of 10 stamps

Europa stamps 2010

noreply@blogger.com (euroswiss) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Europe

Europa 2010
"Children books"

18.01.2010 Greenland - 2 stamps (8.50 & 9.50 DKK)
09.02.2010 Jersey - 2 stamps out of a set of four stamps
18.02.2010 Isle of Man - 2 stamps (0.33 & 0.56 GBP) out of a set of eight stamps
15.03.2010 Belgium - one souvenir-sheet of 2 stamps (2x EU value 3 = 2x 3.- €)
??.04.2010 Andorra (Spanish post)
??.04.2010 Bulgaria - 2 stamps
09.04.2010 Latvia - 2 stamps (0.55 & 1.20 LVL)
19.04.2010 Åland - 1 stamp (EU value)
26.04.2010 Faroe Is. - 2 stamps (10.- & 12.- DKK)
04.05.2010 Finland - 2 stamps (2x 0.80 €)
05.05.2010 Russia
05.05.2010 Czech Rep. - 1 stamp (17.- CZK)
06.05.2010 Iceland - 2 stamps (165 & 220.- ISK)
06.05.2010 Switzerland - 1 stamp (1.- CHF)
06.05.2010 Estonia - 2 stamps
06.05.2010 Germany - 1 stamp (0.55 €)
07.05.2010 Hungary - 1 souvenir-sheet
08.05.2010 Lithuania - 2 stamps
09.05.2010 Turkey - 2 stamps (0.75 & 0.90 YTL)
28.05.2010 Slovenia - 2 stamps (0.45 & 0.90 €)
28.05.2010 Slovakia - 1 stamp (0.60 €)
01.06.2010 Denmark - 2 stamps (5.50 & 8.50 DKK) NEW
15.06.2010 Great-Britain
??.06.2010 Austria - 1 stamp (0.65 €)
06.09.2010 Liechtenstein
15.11.2010 Norway - 2 stamps

Greenland 2010

noreply@blogger.com (euroswiss) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:32:00 +0000

Greenland

Date of Issue: 18th January 2010

two stamps (8.50 & 9.50 DKK)

Both stamps are also issued in a booklet of 12 self-adhesive stamps (6x each stamp).

Both stamps are also issued in mini-sheets of 8 stamps + 1 vignette

Belgium 2010

noreply@blogger.com (euroswiss) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:30:00 +0000

Belgium

Date of Issue: 15th March 2010

one souvenir-sheet of two stamps (2x Europe 3rd class value = 2x 3.- €)

Isle of Man 2010

noreply@blogger.com (euroswiss) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:30:00 +0000

Isle of Man

Date of Issue: 18th February 2010

two stamps (0.33 & 0.56 GBP) out of a set of eight stamps and one souvenir-sheet (only those two stamps are bearing the official Europa logo)

The two Europa stamps are issued in mini-sheets of 10 stamps

both stamps are also issued in 2 mini-sheets of 12 se-tenant stamps (six Europa stamps per sheet & six non-Europa stamps per sheet !)

Åland - Norden 2010

noreply@blogger.com (euroswiss) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:30:00 +0000

Åland - Norden

Date of Issue: 24th March 2010

1 stamp (världen value) issued in one souvenir sheet

Norden stamps 2010

noreply@blogger.com (euroswiss) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Europe - Norden

Norden 2010
"Norden by the Sea - part I"
Life at the coast

24.03.2010 Åland - 1 souvenir-sheet of one stamp (Världen value) NEW
24.03.2010 Danemark - 1 souvnir-sheet of two stamps (5.50 & 8.50 DKK)
26.04.2010 Faroe Is. - 1 souvenir-sheet of two stamps (2x 10.- DKK)
24.03.2010 Finland - 1 souvenir-sheet of two stamps
24.03.2010 Greenland - 1 souvenir-sheet of two stamps (7.- & 8.50 DKK)
24.03.2010 Iceland - 1 souvenir-sheet of two stamps (2x 75.- ISK)
24.03.2010 Norway - 1 souvenir-sheet of one stamp
??.03.2010 Sweden

Iceland - Norden 2010

noreply@blogger.com (euroswiss) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:30:00 +0000

Iceland - Norden

Date of Issue: 24th March 2010

2 stamps (2x 75.- ISK) issued in one souvenir sheet

Åland 2010

noreply@blogger.com (euroswiss) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:30:00 +0000

Åland

Date of Issue: 19th April 2010

one stamps (Europa value)

Iceland 2010

noreply@blogger.com (euroswiss) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:30:00 +0000

Iceland

Date of Issue: 6th May 2010

two stamps (165.- & 220.- ISK)

both stamps are issued in mini-sheets of 10 stamps.

both stamps are also issued in two booklets of 10 self-adhesive stamps each.

3rd europa stamps blog poll - FINAL

noreply@blogger.com (euroswiss) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:22:00 +0000

Europe

3rd europa stamps blog poll

Result of the Grand final !

Liechtenstein is our winner ! With 38% of the votes they are the winner of this 3rd europa stamps blog poll ! It was a close race, Liechtenstein won only by a few votes in front of the 0.68€ stamp of Cyprus

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Liechtenstein
Cyprus (0.68 € stamp)
Ukraine (375 UAH stamp)

This stamp is very particular as it uses a unique hologram printing technique.

Thanks to all who took part to the voting during those last weeks !!

Europa stamp catalogue

noreply@blogger.com (euroswiss) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:13:00 +0000

Europe

Michel Katalog : this German catalogue is the n° 1 reference among Europa stamps collectors.

512 pages, more than 4600 colors images, 17'500 values, includes also the FDC's values.

It includes all the European thematic stamps, Norden, NATO, Council of Europe, etc. And now also the 50 years CEPT stamps.

You can also get a monthly update with the MICHEL-Rundschau journal who brings you the latest stamps issue news and values.

Price 44.- €

on sale from the 4th December !

http://www.briefmarken.de/shop/Shop_Produktdetails.php?itemid=1798

3rd europa stamps blog poll - 3rd semi-final

noreply@blogger.com (euroswiss) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:46:00 +0000

Europe

3rd europa stamps blog poll

3rd semi-final

Ukraine

won our third semi-final with 28% of the votes ! Norway came second far behind.

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3rd europa stamps blog poll - 2nd semi-final

noreply@blogger.com (euroswiss) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:31:00 +0000

Europe

3rd europa stamps blog poll

2nd semi-final

Liechtenstein

won our second semi-final with 27% of the votes ! France came second in a close race.

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3rd europa stamps blog poll

noreply@blogger.com (euroswiss) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:17:00 +0000

Europe

3rd europa stamps blog poll

1st semi-final

Cyprus

won our first semi-final with 23% of the votes ! Finland came second in a close race.

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Best Europa Stamp 2009

noreply@blogger.com (euroswiss) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:17:00 +0000

Hungary

As last year, it's Hungary who won the Best Europa stamp contest organized by PostEurop. It was an easy victory with 270 votes more than second Malta !

It's also amusing to see that one third of the voters were Hungarian... that may explain the final result.

this 230.- HUF stamp is in fact part of a pair of stamps issued tête-bêche in a souvenir sheet of four stamps.

The Best Europa stamp design competition is a yearly event that takes place during the Plenary Assembly of PostEurop. The first competition took place in 2002. All official Europa stamp issues can enter the competition.

The result of this competition was announced during the Plenary Assembly in Bled, Slovenia on the 8th October.

The stamp has been selected via the internet ! All people could vote through PostEurop's website !

Here you can find the full list of winning stamps since the first contest in 2002 when Malta won.

Maybe later this year, if I have time, I'll organize our own contest on this blog.

Slovakia 2010

noreply@blogger.com (euroswiss) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:09:00 +0000

Slovakia

Date of Issue: 28th May 2010

one stamp (0.60 EUR)

this stamp is issued in a mini-sheet of 8 stamps

Finland 2010

noreply@blogger.com (euroswiss) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:06:00 +0000

Finland

Date of Issue: 4th May 2010

two stamps (2x 0.80 €)

both stamps are issued in a mini-sheet of 10 stamps (two of each)